The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Twin Cities Area
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown